{"id":27606,"date":"2016-07-11T08:37:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T13:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27606"},"modified":"2016-07-11T08:40:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T13:40:27","slug":"10-things-to-know-for-today-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27606","title":{"rendered":"10 THINGS TO KNOW FOR TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/p>\n<p>Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:<\/p>\n<p>1. GUNMAN IN DEADLY ATTACK ON DALLAS POLICE HAD PLANS FOR LARGER ASSAULT<\/p>\n<p>Micah Johnson possessed enough explosive material to inflict far greater harm, the city&#8217;s police chief and a top elected official said.<\/p>\n<p>2. PROTESTERS AROUND THE US BLOCK MAJOR FREEWAYS TO PROTEST POLICE SHOOTINGS OF BLACK MEN<\/p>\n<p>Police in riot gear kept protesters from entering a major artery in Baton Rouge and made dozen of arrests.<\/p>\n<p>3. HOW OPEN-CARRY LAW POSED CHALLENGE TO POLICE DURING DALLAS SNIPER ATTACK<\/p>\n<p>The presence of many armed individuals caused instant confusion, a scenario that some law enforcement officials predicted when Texas approved the open carry-law earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>4. WHAT OBAMA WILL FACE WHEN HE RETURNS FROM ABROAD AND VISITS DALLAS<\/p>\n<p>He will try to help Americans make sense of shootings that have emerged as a tipping point in the national debate about race and justice.<\/p>\n<p>5. HEAVY EXPLOSIONS SHAKE SOUTH SUDAN&#8217;S CAPITAL AS FIGHTING ENTERS FIFTH DAY<\/p>\n<p>An Associated Press reporter in Juba reported widespread shooting preventing residents from moving around.<\/p>\n<p>6. NORTH KOREA VOWS TO END DIPLOMATIC COMMUNICATION CHANNEL WITH US<\/p>\n<p>The North hinted at harsher punishment for Americans detained in the country in retaliation for U.S. sanctions that target leader Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n<p>7. CARTER SAYS THE US WILL USE AIRBASE IN IRAQI CITY AS BASE TO RECAPTURE MOSUL<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. defense chief spoke after landing in Baghdad on an unannounced visit Monday.<\/p>\n<p>8. HOW PORTUGAL STUNNED FRANCE TO WIN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese did it the hard way after playing without an injured Ronaldo from the 25th minute through extra time.<\/p>\n<p>9. AEROSMITH GUITARIST JOE PERRY HOSPITALIZED AFTER BECOMING ILL AT NYC CONCERT<\/p>\n<p>An administrator at Coney Island Hospital confirmed the 65-year-old Perry is undergoing tests.<\/p>\n<p>10. 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